Takklemaggot
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller chooses a creature that this card could enchant. If the player does, return this card to the battlefield under your control attached to that creature. If they don't, return this card to the battlefield under your control as a non-Aura enchantment. It loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of that player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23245
Takklemaggot is a five-mana enchantment that stacks -1/-1 counters on a creature at each upkeep, and when it kills the host it jumps to a new target — or, if no legal target exists, puts a Swamp into play under an opponent's control. The payoff is real but the setup is slow and removal-dependent, making Takklemaggot a niche tool rather than a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Takklemaggot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it has the most room to breathe — multiplayer games go long enough that the counter accumulation can matter, and the chain-jumping effect has political texture when opponents are jockeying for board position. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a five-mana do-nothing-until-upkeep enchantment to register. Oathbreaker shares Commander's slower pace but the smaller deck size and lower life totals make faster answers more reliable. Across all formats, Takklemaggot is a curiosity rather than a solution.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Takklemaggot isn't available at time of writing, but as a Reserve List oddity with almost no competitive demand it tends to trade on nostalgia and collector interest rather than play value. If you want it, track it through Scryfall or TCGPlayer — don't expect a reprint to change the calculus.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.